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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Boone v. Pelichet 13 La. Ann. 203 1858 0 Property, loans, mortgages, Louisiana
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Mackie v. Davis 13 La. Ann. 475 1858 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 7 La. Ann. 157 1852 0 Property, suretyship, partnerships, mortgages, partition Louisiana
Clague v. City of New Orleans 13 La. Ann. 275 1858 0 Runaway enslaved person bailment Louisiana
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Heirs of Provost v. Provost 13 La. Ann. 574 1858 0 Wills, property, Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Boatner v. Wade 14 La. Ann. 695 1859 0 Sequestration, property Louisiana
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Hunter's Syndics v. Hunter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1822 0 Bonds, obligations, penalties Louisiana
Jardela v. Abat 8 Mart. (n.s.) 126 1829 0 Property, sales, parol evidence, mortgages, privileges, successions, donations Louisiana
Calvit v. Compton 3 Mart. (n.s.) 86 1824 0 Prescription, successions, sales, property, conflict of laws, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Morrison v. Trudeau 1 Mart. (n.s.) 384 1823 0 Successions, privileges, mortgages, sales, debts, seizure, property Louisiana
Villars v. Morgan 3 Mart. (n.s.) 529 1825 0 Property, injunction, sales, intervenor, obligations, promissory notes Louisiana
M'Neely v. M'Neely 1 Mart. (n.s.) 646 1823 0 Petitory action, donations, parol evidence, contracts Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Successions, property, contract Louisiana
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Clark v. State Bank 3 La. Ann. 325 1848 0 Judicial seizure, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
State v. Davis 14 La. Ann. 678 1859 0 Criminal law, statutory interpretation, assault, property Louisiana